Why Walmart is buying Vizio
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Walmart doesn’t want to just sell groceries and t-shirts. It wants to be a media and advertising…
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UN experts demand investigation into claims Israeli forces killed, raped and sexually assaulted Palestinian women and girls
By Richard Roth, Kareem El Damanhoury and Richard Allen Greene, CNN (CNN) — United Nations experts have called for an investigation into what…
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Waiting for Help: A family’s plea to Deschutes County’s Crisis Team after what they believe was too slow a response
A local family says it recently took Deschutes County’s Community Crisis Response Team nearly two hours to help their son in mental health crisis,…
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Presidents Day weekend brings loved ones together, many to spend the day enjoying downtown Bend
It’s Presidents Day weekend, and many people had the day off. The holiday weekend brought out many people from around the West Coast to Bend. I…
Continue ReadingCapital One is buying Discover for $35 billion in biggest deal so far this year
By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Capital One is acquiring Discover Financial Services for $35.3 billion in an all-stock deal, giving…
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‘Inaction is not an option’: Oregon drug overdose deaths are rising faster than any other state in the nation
Amid talks in Salem on Measure 110 fixes, Rep. Kevin Mannix proposes creation of ‘special misdemeanor’ SALEM, OR – New predictive…
Continue ReadingFBI and allies seize dark-web site of world’s most prolific ransomware gang
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The FBI and its international allies have seized a dark-web site that the world’s most prolific ransomware gang…
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Oregon’s average gas price falls, while U.S. average continues to rise
CHICAGO (KTVZ) — Average gasoline prices in Oregon have fallen 2.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.52/g Monday, according to…
Continue ReadingNo damage reported after 5,000-pound satellite fell to Earth Wednesday
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A European Space Agency satellite reentered Earth’s atmosphere over the North Pacific Ocean between Alaska…
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Update: Deschutes County deputies say man missing from La Pine area has been found safe, in good health
Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies who had sought the public’s assistance in finding a 41-year-old man last seen on Thursday morning, when he…
Continue ReadingIsraeli minister says ground offensive in Rafah will begin by Ramadan if hostages aren’t returned
By Lauren Izso and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Israel will expand military operations in the southernmost Gazan city of Rafah if hostages…
Continue ReadingThese six young people died by gun violence. Now their AI-generated voices are sending gun control pleas to lawmakers
By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Joaquin Oliver’s voice echoes through the hallways of Congress on the sixth anniversary of his death. It comes…
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Bend man, 70, killed in collision of two snowmobiles on Alaska’s Denali Highway
A collision of two snowmobiles among a group riding on Alaska’s Denali Highway has killed a Bend man, Alaska State Troopers…
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Bend man arrested, jailed on manslaughter, DUII charges in rollover crash last fall that killed La Pine man
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 24-year-old Bend man was arrested and jailed Saturday evening on first-degree manslaughter, DUII and assault charges in a…
Continue ReadingUS Army under increasing pressure as it foots bill for Ukraine support
By Haley Britzky and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — As funding for Ukraine faces an uncertain future in Congress, the US Army has been left to…
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Fire sprinkler stops SW Bend apartment blaze with minimal damage; cause traced to improper cigarette disposal
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – An apartment patio fire in southwest Bend Saturday night was put out and stopped from spreading inside by a single activated…
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Backhoe stolen from Bend-area construction site found in Wash. state, possibly driven there, slowly — all 250 miles
A backhoe stolen from a construction site near Bend was found by authorities two days later and 250 miles to the north, near Mattawa, Washington. And…
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Interfor closing Philomath sawmill indefinitely, laying off 100, citing high log costs, weak lumber market
BURNABY, British Columbia (KTVZ) — Interfor Corporation announced Thursday that it will indefinitely curtail its sawmill operations in Philomath,…
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OSP seizes alligator from Springfield home; owner had 13-year family pet, only to learn that’s illegal in Oregon
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State Police recently seized an alligator from a Springfield homeowner who had it as a family pet for about 13…
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Hwy. 26 near Warm Springs reopens after serious-injury crash; DCSO responds to 10 crash reports around county
A serious-injury crash closed U.S. Highway 26 in both directions near Warm Springs for a time late Saturday afternoon, officials said, on a day when…
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